Grief Symposium Crushes Emotions With Death Metal On New Debut (Full Album Stream)

Following a successful demo release in 2021, Grief Symposium‘s debut full-length album …In The Absence Of Light follows a long history and lineage of downtrodden British death/doom metal, but with a fresh perspective. While My Dying Bride and early Anathema contemporaries concentrate on being as sad as humanly possible, Grief Symposium’s impossibly heavy doom metal exudes misery outside of being melodic and weepy, instead opting for abjection rather than emotionalism. As a result, …In The Absence Of Light‘s (one of many quality new albums to feature an ellipse in the title) heaviness and slower songwriting look more to crush the listener rather than cradle them. There is a lot of discussion surrounding the classic Peaceville sound in reference to this album, and that might not be something super overt upon first listen, but Grief Symposium’s own take on sadness, loss, and grief is just as valid and emotionally effective as their predecessors. Listen to an exclusive stream of …In The Absence Of Light ahead of its Friday release below.

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…In The Absence Of Light releases January 27th via Church Road Records.